Published research studies
- Antonioli, Christian/Revelely, Michael: Randomized controlled trial of animal facilitated therapy with dolphins in the treatment of depression, in British Medical Journal 331,1231 – 1234, English
- Beeck, Fraucke: Selbstwirksamkeitserleben in der Delphintherapie, German
- Birch, S.: Dolphin therapy effects: a hypothesis, English
- Breitenbach E., Stumpf E.: Tiergestützte Therapie mit Delfinen. In: Olbrich E., Otterstedt C. (Hrsg.) Menschen brauchen Tiere – Grundlage und Praxis der tiergestützten Pädagogik und Therapie. Stuttgart: Kosmos Verlag, German
- Breitenbach E., Fersen L., Stumpf E., Ebert H.: Delfintherapie für Kinder mit Behinderungen – Analyse und Erklärung der Wirksamkeit. Würzburg: Edition Bentheim Verlag, German
- Cole, David: Electroencephalographic Results of Human-Dolphin Interaction: A Sonophoresis Model, English, German
- Cole, David: Neuro-Electrical Effects of Human Dolphin Interaction and Sono-Chemical Hypothesis, English
- Humphries, T.L. (2003) Effectiveness of dolphin assisted therapy as a behavioral intervention for young children with disabilities. Bridges: Practice-Based Research Synthesis 1(6): 1-9
- Klingel, Marianne: The full circle program: utilizing marine mammal rehabilitation activities in the Dolphin assisted therapy process, English
- Kohn, Nicole: Delphintherapie, Untersuchung zur therapeutischen Wirksamkeit, German, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, German
- Kuhnert, Kirsten: Delphintherapie – Beweis eines Wunder. German
- Kulkies, Tanja: Delfintherapie – Effektivitätsnachweis anhand einer empirischen Untersuchung. München: Heinrich Hugendubel Verlag, German
- Lindeblad, Susan: the Effect of a unique stimulus (swimming with dolphins), English
- Lukina, L.N.: Influence of dolphin assisted therapy sessions on the functional state of children with psycho neurological symptoms of diseases. In: Human Physiology, English
- Mersch, Alexa: Der Delphin als Medium in der Therapie. German
- Marino, Lori; Lilienfeld Scott O. (1998): Dolphin - Assisted Therapy - Flawed Data, Flawed Conclusions. Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, USA. In: Anthrozoos 11 (4). (S.194-200), English
- Nathanson, D. E., & de Faria, S. (1993). Cognitive improvement of children in water with and without dolphins. Anthrozoös, 6, 17-29, English
- Nathanson, David: Long-term effectiveness of dolphin- assisted therapy for children with severe disabilities: English, Anthrozoös, 11, 22-32, English
- Oerter, Dr. Prof. Rolf: Gutachten zur Wirksamkeit der Delphintherapie, German
- Ruhfus, Stefanie: Delphintherapie-Eine Ergänzung zur ergo therapeutischen Behandlung im pädiatrischen Arbeitsfeld, German
- Scheer, Michael: Delphinisches Heilverhalten, German
- Scheer, Michael/Hofmann, Bianka/Behr, Itay: Ethoprogram of selected behaviors initiated by free- ranging short- finnes pilot whales and directed to human swimmers during open water encounters, English
- Schwer, Sophie: The concept of the therapy in Dolphin Reef, English
- Stencel, Zita: Findings to the communication between dolphin and child, English, German